Jonathan, thanks for the pointers. I thought I remembered the spoken message after a while after boot. It’s been a while since I set mine up and the 4th gen is a bit different.
Thank you for the information, much appreciated. > On Dec 8, 2015, at 12:11 PM, Jonathan Mosen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Scott, after a period of inactivity, Apple TV 3rd generation speaks an > announcement after it has been booted up in a factory default state, much > like the Mac does. But then you do need to toggle VoiceOver on to continue, > and the announcement explains how to do this. > For those interested, I have detailed step-by-step guides on setting up both > 3rd and 4th generation Apple TV in my books on each device. > Here's the page for the Apple TV 3rd generation book > <http://mosen.org/index.php/mosen-consulting-ebook-apple-tv-3rd-generation-with-voiceover/>, > > And here's the 4th generation book released just yesterday > <http://mosen.org/index.php/mosen-consulting-ebook-apple-tv-4th-generation-with-voiceover/>. > > > Jonathan Mosen > Mosen Consulting > Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training > http://Mosen.org <http://mosen.org/> >> On 8/12/2015, at 8:22 AM, Scott Granados <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Has this always been the case, I know it does start over time as well that’s >> how I first set it up. >> >> Also just to confirm, 3RD gen Apple TV is the version out just before the >> one that was released this year right? A small box about the size of half a >> video tape, perfectly square with rounded corners and a HDMI, Optical, >> Ethernet and power ports? >> >> I never knew about the triple press of the play pause button, I’m going to >> try that tonight. >> >>> On Dec 7, 2015, at 2:20 PM, Daniel Miller <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Scott. No, that's incorrect. You need to press the play pause button at >>> the bottom right of the remote three times quickly for a voiceover to come >>> up speaking. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Dec 7, 2015, at 1:12 PM, Scott Granados <[email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Apple TV should start talking on it’s own about 5 minutes or so after it >>>> boots. Voice Over auto starts as I recall. >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Dec 7, 2015, at 2:01 PM, Andrew Lamanche <[email protected] >>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I’ve searched the macvisionaries archive for this, but is there a >>>>> definite way of setting up apple tv 3rd generation without sight? This >>>>> was originally a bit tricky but has it now changed? Will apple tv speak >>>>> out of the box? Or do I have to enable VoiceOver? 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